Believe me, nearly every young learner likes magic tricks. And it's contagious, like the flood of jokes at parties sometimes, you know... Show kids one trick, they will come up with three. Hence it is a waste of fun not to use tricks in your English lessons, isn't it?
https://barbyorama.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/gone-one-holiday/
Believe me, nearly every young learner likes magic tricks. And it's contagious, like the flood of jokes at parties sometimes, you know... Show kids one trick, they will come up with three. Hence it is a waste of fun not to use tricks in your English lessons, isn't it?
This trick is horror, a slippery slope. If you let them do this, never expect them to behave: D:D There is this one particular student of mine who is 9 now, a very active, energetic and clever bo...
https://barbyorama.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/pen-up-the-nose/
I learned this trick from two of my secondary school students, who quite arbitrarily used it in a totally different video once (doing a magic trick was completely their own choice, I hadn’t e...
https://barbyorama.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/the-scarf-trick/
Age: 12+ ys Level: A2+ Group size: one-to-one or groups, divided into pairs or threes Possible target language: work, holiday, describing a situation, present Skills: all four skills, mainly spea...
https://barbyorama.wordpress.com/2013/08/21/mr-coin-overworked/
Age: 7-12 year olds Group size: one-to-one or groups, divided into pairs or threes Possible target language: body parts, coins, places, things to do on holiday, things to do with coins Skills: al...
https://barbyorama.wordpress.com/2013/07/19/traveller-coin-trick/
The following map shows a possible procedure of how to exploit magic tricks to harness them to smoothen language acquisition. It has taken shape in the past one year, 8-10 children in pairs, sma...
https://barbyorama.wordpress.com/2013/07/16/believe-me-nearly-every-young-learner-likes-magic/